The Ex-Hero Is Too Good at Exorcism

“hmm···”

After the spirit disappears.

I looked around and turned in the direction of Sophia.

“Thank you for your effort.”

Sophia greeted me with a smile, but I couldn’t help but keep an eye on her.

It was because the tail around them was not a horse.

All the buildings were burned, and even the water in the valley dried up.

There, sparks fell on them, scorching the valley floor here and there.

A landscape as if it had been bombed.

It was impossible to find a landscape so beautiful that there were illegal restaurants anywhere.

“Did you say Salamander? I was surprised by the power of Police Officer Choi’s summons, but I didn’t expect to use it this well.”

But Sophia said that as if she couldn’t even see such a scenery.

So I had no choice but to point to the valley and ask myself.

“But how do I fix this now?”

“Hmm… it must have been damaged a lot.”

Sophia said that and nodded.

But I couldn’t find the slightest hint of displeasure in her expression.

The reason was simpler than I thought.

“There are people who deal with this. If you leave it like this, it will take care of itself.”

That wasn’t Sophia’s business.

That’s why she was watching the fire across the river.

Indeed, even if they are exorcist police officers, are public servants still civil servants?

I nodded my head with a lighter heart.

Then Choi Eun-young quietly approached from the side.

It almost sounded like a ghost approaching.

“Hey, hey… Is your body okay?”

“huh?”

Now that I see it, I’m fine, but the police uniform I’ve been given has holes in some places.

When the sparks rained down, it burned the clothes.

Oh, this is new.

I waved my hand at Choi Eun-young while frowning with such dissatisfaction.

“It’s just clothes, this. Your body is fine.”

I widened the hole in my clothes on the shoulder and said.

As I said, the skin inside is not damaged.

however,

“Turn it off…!”

Choi Eun-young turned her head with a strange sound as if she had seen something she couldn’t see.

Hmm… Come to think of it, the picture is a bit like that.

With that thought in mind, I immediately took my hands off my clothes and hurriedly changed the subject.

“Rather than that, Salamander died. Is there any penalty?”

Usually, summoners in another world received a big reaction when their summoner died.

Things like a lot of magic power being consumed, or being unable to summon the contracted beast again.

However, Choi Eun-young’s penalty was not as big as I thought.

“That’s it… For me, the picture disappears when the pet dies…”

A minor damage that cannot be called a penalty.

It was a picture that could be redrawn in 15 minutes, so it was natural.

“Aren’t normal summons stronger than this?”

The Salamander summoned this time had the same level of strength as the Salamander.

It was good that he accurately conveyed the knowledge about the Salamander, but that inversely limited the Salamander’s strength.

That said…what if I had them draw things like dragons?

It was with that thought in mind, but Choi Eun-young shook her head.

“Oh, no. I’m not really that strong.”

Her explanation continued for a moment.

It is not easy to implement a summoned beast with strong power like a dragon.

That’s why the body structure should be different from that of creatures in the real world.

It was because she had no way of knowing where the hell was different.

That’s why she said that she had been using her abilities for investigation, not combat.

Like calling a dog.

“It’s the first time we’ve fought like this…”

Choi Eun-young even showed a thrilled expression.

I nodded, and this time I turned my eyes to the quest window.

Since the quest was completed, it was to check the reward.

But I didn’t expect it.

The F-rank quest wasn’t that sincere either.

And the reward was as expected.

＜Additional experience has been paid as a quest reward.＞

It wasn’t even an item, probably because he was afraid that if he gave it a trash item, it would be used as a synthetic material.

The reward is that system log and a single line.

Is it really just experience?

However, the log didn’t even mention the exact amount of experience.

The only thing you can know for sure is that it’s never a large amount.

It was because even after catching the cheongryeong, the level had not even increased.

“Little bastard…”

I muttered so much displeasure and clicked my tongue once.

Then he looked at Sophia again.

“Now that the water ghost has been dealt with, is the work the team leader entrusted to you finished?”

“you’re right. It looks like this has been sorted out.”

Sophia laughed.

However, one part of her words was caught.

“This thing…?”

“Because there’s not a single thing that was pushed back by the team leader.”

Sophia said that without losing a single smile.

There wasn’t one thing the team leader left behind.

Well, it seemed so.

It was Sophia who laid the groundwork for the exorcism police, saying that the manpower was insufficient or that the team leader was busy.

So I changed the direction of the question.

“When is the team leader coming?”

“At the earliest, within this week, at the latest, next week.”

A story that you have to deal with the same incident as today for at least a week.

But there were no complaints.

It wouldn’t be such a difficult case if you left it to me, who had just entered.

It was a probationary period, so if you thought you were only handling simple tasks, it was rather more comfortable.

“All right. Then… go back.”

*

And a week after the promised date, Monday afternoon.

I found Sophia, who was acting as the temporary team leader.

It was for a report on the case that was resolved today.

“You are here. Have you already solved it?”

“yes.”

It was an incident about noise between floors.

That someone’s crying is constantly heard in an old apartment.

But no matter how much I searched, I couldn’t find out the identity of the sound.

It was the same even after a formal report came in and the police investigated.

So the police suspected the devil’s intervention as the last possibility, and as a result, I was also put in.

however.

“Are you saying that Ma wasn’t the subject of the incident?”

“It was.”

The incident had nothing to do with Ma.

The cause was the sewage system of the aging apartment.

Some of the facilities placed deep in the apartment were damaged, causing intermittent noise.

The sound was carried through the plumbing throughout the apartment.

“How did you find out about that?”

“It’s all thanks to Police Officer Choi.”

To be precise, it was the result of using my knowledge and Choi Eun-young’s abilities.

Among the monsters I know, I have Choi Eun-young draw a monster that is good at sound tracking.

Choi Eun-yeong had to summon it and find the source of the noise.

By the way, the monster summoned today was a golden rabbit.

It was highly valued because of its beautiful fur like gold, but it was difficult to catch because of its excellent hearing.

I liked Choi Eun-yeong, saying she was cute, but to me, she was a rather repulsive guy who had a hard time finding her.

“By the way, are you going to dispatch for something like this?”

If you think about it, it was just a small report that there was a suspicious noise.

I wondered if that would be enough to call an exorcist.

Sophia nodded as if it were natural.

“If hemp is left unattended, it is often accompanied by human casualties. So even if it seems trivial, I try to check it as much as possible. Of course, the support team is usually too heavy to deal with urgent matters, so they don’t get involved very often.”

I heard it seemed so.

Sophia continued.

“I have better news than that. The manager said he’s coming back.”

“Is that true?”

“Maybe I can meet you when I get back to work right away.”

Sophia held out a thick stack of papers to me.

Upon closer inspection, it contained information about the cases I had dealt with so far.

“Take it. Your boss will love it.”

“Ah, yes.”

I accepted it and left the special building.

In the parking lot, there was Choi Eun-young, who was waiting for me in a police car.

“Have you finished watching…?”

It was only the first case that Sophia was together.

So, except for this, I went with Choi Eun-young for the past week.

What I learned about her in the meantime is that she is a pretty good driver.

I got in the car driven by Choi Eun-yeong and returned to the police box where I was supposed to work.

“Are you here?”

Upon entering the police box, a middle-aged man over 50 spoke to me in a familiar way.

It was Inspector Oh Jin-wook, the head of the police box.

With a laid-back look, he was not an exorcist, but a regular cop, and he was the one who actually did the work of this police box.

So, I was completely separated from the support team 2 in terms of business, and in fact, I felt like a man living nearby rather than a work colleague.

Also, he had an accident in the past and was demoted here.

Choi Eun-young said, “I was placed here because I was in danger of being fired if I got caught up in something bad again.”

Because of this, he had no interest in what the support team was doing, and rather tried to avoid getting involved on his own side.

Perhaps when he was demoted to this place, he was told not to pay attention to us.

“yes. Is the team leader back?”

“Just before. Come on, let’s go up.”

Saying that, he took his eyes off me and moved his gaze to the monitor he was looking at.

I nodded at him once and went straight up to the team office on the second floor.

A shabby door written as support team 2.

The 2nd floor was occupied by the 2nd support team, but since it was originally a small police box, the office itself was not large.

The office is almost full with just 7 office desks.

And at the top of the team leader’s desk, there was team leader Seo In-na, whom I had only seen in pictures.

“Hello, Team Leader Seo In-na.”

“···huh?”

Looking at the pile of papers, she turned her head a beat later.

Compared to the age of mid-thirties, the face is young.

There was a considerable level of beauty, but all of that was a woman who seemed tired.

She looked at me for a moment, then opened her mouth as if she had just remembered.

“Ah… are you that new recruit? Turn it off…”

Seo In-na made a noise like that and struggled to get up from her seat.

“nice to meet you. I am Inna Seo.

Then she asked me to shake her hand.

I also introduced myself by holding hands.

And at the same time, I looked at the level.

67 levels.

There was only one difference in rank from me, but it was a high level that was not much different from Inspector Sophia.

To say that this kind of person is the team leader, it must have been no lie that the elite gathered.

“Yeah, I heard the name. I heard you were famous at the training center?”

“yes? I wasn’t very famous…”

“why? I heard that the director of Incheon also heard it.”

Well, I had a relationship with that man.

Even though I’ve used it before, I’ve been prayed for.

But how did Seo In-na, who had been down in the provinces, know about him?

No matter how much I messed up at the training center, rumors wouldn’t circulate inside the police.

“How do you know all that?”

“Oh, that? Do you know Inspector Lee Soo-yeon? He is my motivation.”

I did.

In fact, they seemed to be about the same age as each other.

While I understood that, Seo In-na stumbled back to her seat.

“Anyway, I was sorry that the team leader dispatched me without showing my face as soon as I was appointed. I didn’t want to do that either, but I couldn’t help it. Eunyoung, you worked hard too.”

Seo In-na said with a bitter smile.

In fact, just a moment ago, I thought of expressing my dissatisfaction with him a little bit.

Looking at Seo In-na’s stretched dark circles now, words could not come out.

No matter how you look at it, it seemed that the local business trip was not easy.

“Did the business trip go well?”

“The job was over. The two guys I went with were slightly injured and ended up in the hospital.”

“Are you hurt?”

Choi Eun-young, who had been listening quietly, raised her voice.

Seo In-na waved her hand as if telling her not to worry.

“It’s nothing. Grandpa Tae-soo and Ha-jung will all be better in a week or two.”

At those words, Choi Eun-young let out a sigh of relief.

Kwon Tae-soo and Na Ha-jeong.

Both were members of the Support Team 2 and were known by name.

“So until they return, we have to roll by ourselves. You’re having a hard time as soon as you arrive, Inspector Kang.”

“Ah, I’m fine. The manager is having a hard time.”

I then handed out the coffee I bought on the way.

Then, Seo In-na giggled as if it was funny and let out a weak laugh.

“Hey, I heard that the director of Incheon caught my eye. You already have a good social life. Thank you, I’ll have a good drink.”

Seo In-na accepted the coffee.

And while she was drinking it, I put the report in front of her.

Then Seo In-na’s eyes rolled toward her.

“what’s this?”

“This is our work process report. Inspector Sofia, please bring it to the team leader.”

“I know that, but what is so much? What did you buy?”

I shook my head.

Because there was nothing that could be called an accident.

Seo In-na opened the report.

Then, for some reason, the smile gradually disappeared from his face.

“Wait a minute…how many of these are there?”

Turning over the report, her hand quickened.

But in my memory, the case that Eunyoung Choi and I handled over the past week was-

“Uh, six.”

“Six? You guys knocked out 6 cases? In a week?”

“I didn’t cut it, I solved it.”

“That’s it!”

Suddenly, Seo In-na’s voice rose.

Before long, she looked over the report and turned to me.

It was a scary look.

“you. How did you do this?”

“That’s because my skills are good for investigations.”

“Ability?”

“And I liked the ability of police officer Choi Eun-yeong, so it happened…”

“·······”

Seo In-na looked at me without saying a word, as if she had heard something absurd.

“Is there a problem?”

“problem? Will there be you, you don’t know Do you know what this report means to me?”

Seo In-na’s voice was flat when she said that, but the glinting of her eyes somehow made her feel mad.

She covered the report with trembling hands.

Then, after pushing the report aside, it fell facedown on the desk.

“It means that I can sleep in 4 days… 4 days.”

“Ah… that’s really good.”

“Yeah, good. really. I really felt like dying. I’m going to sleep now, so don’t talk to me.”

“···yes?”

I asked, but there was no reply.

And in just a few seconds, Seo In-na fell asleep on her desk, breathing evenly.

Looking at Seo In-na, I whispered to Choi Eun-young.

“Are you like this?”

Choi Eun-young nodded with an awkward smile.